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<br />Area #4 <br /> <br />Research mine bench and dump located in the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section <br />25. An area of 5.00 acres, consisting of raw shale removed from the <br />experimental and developmental mine. <br />Reclamation will begin on the slope of the dump portion as soon as the <br />bench portion has been completed. The slope consists of three acres which <br />will not be covered with topsoil. The slope is at 36° - 38°, the angle of <br />repose for raw shale. If soil were added, it would move downward due to <br />gravity. The dump will be similar in appearance, stability, and composition <br />to that which is common in the area. <br />Fertilizer will be added at the rate of 80 lbs Nitrogen, 10(1 lbs <br />Phosphorous, and 50 lbs Potassium per acre. Exposure to the south and west <br />will have serious drying effects. Therefore, species selected for planting <br />and seeding will be similar to surrounding areas. <br />Biological islands will be created by transplanting tubelings of shrubs <br />of the following species: <br />Shrubs: <br />Pershia tridentate (antelope bitterbrush) <br />Quercus gambe ti (scrub oak) <br />inns e u us pinyon pine) <br />uniperus osteosperma (one-seed juniper) <br />Forbs: <br />Hedvsarium boreole - (Utah sweetvetch) <br />Penstemon pa mere (Palmer penstemon) <br />Sp aera cea sp. Globe mallow) <br />hle i otus o ficinalis (yellow sweet clover) <br />Linum ewisii Lewis flax) <br />Grass: <br />Agropyron dasyastachyum - (thick spike wheatgrass) <br />A. desertorum - nordan (crested wheatgrass) <br />AA, intermedrum - OaFe (intermediate wheatgrass) <br />A. sm rt hir Western wheatgrass) <br />Transplants/Acre <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />TOTAL 00 <br />Lbs/Acre <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1/2 <br />1/2 <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />3 <br />